Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 17
saying carelessly : Oh, no! we are at the homestead, you know.for the summer. Somehow it seems very inelegant to be reducedto the necessity of paying four or five dollars aday for board at a hotel, when you compare itwith having a homestead that not only opens itsdoors to you, but, as Mr. Emerson… … RBOR SIDE. a pride in keeping their fine old gardens a secretfrom the passer-by. Mystery and old-fashionedcharm begin at the very threshold. The door is asingle door, but it is wider than both the doors ofNew York houses put together, and it is adornedwith a great big beautiful brass knocker.…
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